Iraq’s Intelligence Tip Leads to Destruction of Major Captagon Factory in Lebanon

In an unexpected yet crucial victory for regional security, Iraqi intelligence tipped off Lebanese authorities, leading to the destruction of one of Lebanon's largest amphetamine-producing factories in the Bekaa Valley. This operation exposes the dangerous nexus between drug cartels and the chaos destabilizing America’s vital ally regions. The facility uncovered in Yammoune was no minor operation—its scale underscores how deeply entrenched synthetic drug manufacturing has become across Levantine territories. Iraqi Interior Ministry officials confirmed that their timely information-sharing directly enabled Lebanese forces to deactivate this factory in mid-July, a rare manifestation of cross-border cooperation amid a region often riddled with...